Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack hit the city of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region with the missile, and also struck a water supply facility, burned down a market and damaged dozens of residential buildings and several schools. Zelenskyy wrote on X that about 100 people had been injured across the country, with Kyiv hit hardest.
Russia's defence ministry confirmed the use of the Oreshnik, which is capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads. The ministry said the attack was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on civilian facilities on Russian territory. It used Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zircon missiles against Ukrainian military command facilities, airbases and other military enterprises.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people were killed in the capital and 56 wounded, while the head of the surrounding Kyiv region reported two dead and nine wounded. Damage was recorded in every district of Kyiv, including a school that caught fire and a business centre where people were trapped in a shelter. Ukraine's National Art Museum and Foreign Ministry were also damaged, the latter for the first time since the second world war.
The intense barrage followed President Vladimir Putin's vow of revenge after accusing Ukraine of a deadly drone attack on a student dormitory in Russian-controlled Luhansk. Ukraine denied the accusation and said it had struck a military facility instead.
